Istool import doesn't like .dsx exported through client

[poornimasai]

I am trying to import a few .dsx files. But these files were exported through the designer client. And when I try doing the istool import, they fail with the following error:

srvr1:/opt/IBM/InformationServer/v812/Clients/istools/cli>istool import -domain dom1:9080 -username usr1 password pass1 -archive /Archive/arch1.dsx -replace -datastage srvr1/prj1 <
Beginning import
Import failed: Error opening archive file /Archive/arch1.dsx

Then I exported the same jobs through the istool export command and then tried the import, it went fine.

What am I doing wrong with exporting through the client?

[chulett]

The istool utility can only export and import files of its own making, i.e. from the command line and they would have their own extension. Exports from the client would need to be imported using the same mechanism (the client) and would have a .dsx extension.

Now, technically the istool produces .dsx format files under the covers but compressed, but my point still stands. Use the same tool to import that you exported with.